Method of controlling a mobile electronic device through a cover, mobile electronic device using the same and storage medium thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9904316-B2
Application number	US-201514666325-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 24, 2015
Priority date	Mar 24, 2014
Publication date	Feb 27, 2018
Grant date	Feb 27, 2018

Abstract

In one of the exemplary embodiments of the disclosure, a method of controlling through a cover of a mobile electronic device would include not limited to detecting, by the mobile electronic device, for a first event and a device triggering event; displaying, through openings of the cover on the touch screen, a first image; replacing the first image with a second image that corresponds to the first event in response to the first event being detected; displaying, through the openings of the cover on the touch screen, a third image corresponding to the device triggering event while the first image or the second image is still being displayed; and performing a function corresponding to the device triggering event in response to a touch input on third image being detected by the touch screen through the cover.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of controlling a cover of a mobile electronic device comprising:
detecting, by the mobile electronic device, a first event and a device triggering event;
displaying, through openings of the cover on a touch screen, a first image;
replacing the first image with a second image that corresponds to the first event in response to the first event being detected;
displaying, through the openings of the cover on the touch screen, a third image corresponding to the device triggering event in response to the device triggering event being detected; and
performing a function corresponding to the device triggering event in response to a first touch input performed on the third image through the cover which covers the touch screen, wherein in response to the first touch input being performed on the cover, the first touch input is detected by the touch screen through the cover,
wherein the step of displaying, through openings of the cover on the touch screen, the first image comprises:
adjusting the first image be a lighter first image in response to a second input being detected on the cover by the touch screen,
wherein the step of replacing the first image with the second image that corresponds to the first event in response to the first event being detected comprises:
adjusting the second image to be a lighter second image in response to the second input being detected on the cover by the touch screen.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first event is a time triggered event that is received externally or generated by an application of the mobile electronic device.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the first event is a holiday event generated by a calendar application of the mobile electronic device.

4. The method of claim 3 further comprising:
measuring a first time duration in response to the triggering event being detected;
disabling any user input on the touch screen through the cover in response to exceeding the first time duration; and
stopping all images from being displayed through the openings of the cover on the touch screen in response to exceeding the first time duration.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein displaying, through the openings of the cover on the touch screen, a second image corresponding to the first event comprising:
displaying the second image that corresponds to the holiday event; and
replacing the second image with the first image response to the expiration of the holiday event.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
measuring a second time duration in response to the second input being detected on the cover by the touch screen;
disabling any user input on the touch screen through the cover in response to the second time duration being exceeded; and
stopping all images from being displayed through the openings of the cover in response to the second time duration being exceeded.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first image is displayed in a dot view mode.

8. A method of controlling a cover of a mobile electronic device comprising:
detecting, by the mobile electronic device, a first event and a device triggering event;
displaying, through openings of the cover on a touch screen, a first image;
replacing the first image with a second image that corresponds to the first event in response to the first event being detected;
displaying, through the openings of the cover on the touch screen, a third image corresponding to the device triggering event in response to the device triggering event being detected;
performing a function corresponding to the device triggering event in response to a first touch input performed on the third image through the cover which covers the touch screen, wherein in response to the first touch input being performed on the cover, the first touch input is detected by the touch screen through the cover; and
adjusting the first image to be a lighter first image when displaying the first image or adjusting the second image to be a lighter second image when displaying the second image in response to the first touch input being detected on the third image of the cover by the touch screen.

9. A method of controlling a cover of a mobile electronic device comprising:
detecting, by the mobile electronic device, a first event and a device triggering event;
displaying, through openings of the cover on a touch screen, a first image;
replacing the first image with a second image that corresponds to the first event in response to the first event being detected;
displaying, through the openings of the cover on the touch screen, a third image corresponding to the device triggering event in response to the device triggering event being detected; and
performing a function corresponding to the device triggering event in response to a first touch input performed on the third image through the cover which covers the touch screen, wherein in response to the first touch input being performed on the cover, the first touch input is detected by the touch screen through the cover,
wherein the step of displaying, through openings of the cover on the touch screen, the first image comprises:
detecting a second event by the mobile electronic device;
replacing the first image with a fourth image that corresponds to the second event;
displaying a lighter fourth image in response to detect a third input on the cover by the touch screen; and
replacing the fourth image with the first image in response to the expiration of the second event.

10. A mobile electronic device comprising:
a touch screen for detecting touch events including a first event and a device trigger event;
a cover for covering the touch screen; and
a processing circuit coupled to the touch screen and is configured at least for:
displaying, through openings of the cover on the touch screen, a first image;
replacing the first image with a second image that corresponds to the first event in response to the first event being detected;
displaying, through the openings of the cover on the touch screen, a third image corresponding to the device triggering event in response to the device triggering event being detected; and
performing a function corresponding to the device triggering event in response to a first touch input performed on the third image through the cover which covers the touch screen, wherein in response to the first touch input being performed on the cover, the first touch input is detected by the touch screen through the cover,
wherein in the operation of displaying, through openings of the cover on the touch screen, the first image, the processing circuit further configured at least for:
adjusting the first image be a lighter first image in response to a second input being detected on the cover by the touch screen,
wherein in the operation of replacing the first image with the second image that corresponds to the first event in response to the first event being detected, the processing circuit further configured at least for:
adjusting the second image to be a lighter second image in response to the second input being detected on the cover by the touch screen.

11. The device of claim 10 , wherein the first event is a time triggered event that is received externally or generated by an application of the mobile electronic device.

12. The device of claim 11 , wherein the first event is a holiday event generated by a calendar application of the mobile electronic device.

13. The device of claim 12 further comprising a timer, and the processing circuit is further configured at least for:
measuring by the timer a first time duration in response to the triggering event being

Assignees

• Htc Corp

Inventors

• Ku Tai Hsin
• Chien Chia Mo
• Huang Sheng Hsin
• Lin Fang Ju
• Yen Wei Chia
• Huang Jen Hou
• Chen Chun Ta

Classifications

• G06F1/3265

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• G06F3/14

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• G06F1/3262

  Power saving in digitizer or tablet · CPC title

• G06F1/1677

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• G06F1/3206

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